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UN agency says 80pc of newly displaced Afghans are women, children
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Almost 80 per cent of newly displaced people in Afghanistan are women and children, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
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NASA's Lucy Mission prepares for launch to Trojan asteroids
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): NASA has tested the functions of Lucy, the agency's first spacecraft to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, filled it with fuel, and is preparing to pack it into a capsule for launch on October 16.
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Reliance Foundation announces WomenConnect Challenge India grantees
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 28 (ANI): Ten organizations across India have been selected as grantees through the WomenConnect Challenge India, launched by Reliance Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
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Money laundering case: Maharashtra minister Anil Parab reaches ED office i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 28 (ANI): Two days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) served notice to Maharashtra Transport Anil Parab, he reached the ED office on Tuesday and said that he is not aware why he has been called by the central agency.
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NASA launches powerful Landsat 9 satellite to monitor Earth's landscapes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
California [US], September 28 (ANI): The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched Landsat 9, a powerful satellite built to monitor the Earth's land surface.
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North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile' into East Sea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], September 28 (ANI): North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile into the East Sea on Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency reported citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
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UN special envoy discusses humanitarian crisis with Afghanistan's acting f
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 28 (ANI): UN Special Representative Deborah Lyons on Monday discussed the humanitarian crisis with Afghanistan's acting foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, according to a UN agency.
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IAEA inspectors not allowed to service surveillance equipment in Iran's Ka
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], September 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says its inspectors were not given access to surveillance cameras at Iran's Karaj centrifuge assembly facility, despite an agreement reached by the IAEA and Iran on allowing inspectors to service the
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NIA to investigate the death of Manipur tribal leader Athuan Abonmai
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], September 26 (ANI): The death of Athuan Abonmai, leader of the Zeliangrong Baudi, will be investigated by the National Investigation Agency, said the Manipur Government on Sunday.
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FBI probing alleged assault on US soldier at Afghan refugee camp
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 26 (ANI): An investigating agency is probing alleged assault on a female US soldier at an Afghan refugee camp in New Mexico state in the Southwestern part of the country.
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Top UN officials call for action to stamp out gender-based violence
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI): Top UN officials met in the margins of the 76th General Assembly on Thursday, with a strong call to action to stamp out gender-based violence (GBV), amid a rise in forced displacement and other humanitarian emergencies around the globe.
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Peshawar man arrested for 'sextortion', hacked Snapchat accounts of two US
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): A Peshawar man arrested on the complaint of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on charges of sextortion (webcam blackmail) of a US-based minor girl had also hacked the Snapchat accounts of two other US women, revealed Federal Investigation A
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